North is up in this
image. NGC 7419 is the star cluster in the lower left. Sharpless 154 is
the red emission region in the upper right. The color of the emission nebula (Sharpless
154) is typical of such objects where hydrogen gas is energized by nearby
stars causing the gas to glow. The star cluster (NGC 7419) is
characterized in WEBDA as a young cluster of about 19 million years of age; but
it has a 1.83 reddening factor. We se it
somewhat reddened due to intervening galactic dust. NGC 7419 is about 4,500
light years distant from Earth. There are also several dark nebulae in
this field catalogued int the TGU and Dobashi catalogs. These objects as well as
a few of the bright stars can be seen in the annotated
image. This image replaces and earlier image that can be seen in the Archives
here. Horizontal FOV is 88'